Joint Opposition Leader MP Dinesh Gunawardane today said a date for Local Government (LG) election should be declared within 14 days from tomorrow (31) because the term of LG bodies would be expired tomorrow.

Jathika Hela Urumaya (JHU) today charged that the Northern Province Chief Minister C.V. Wigneswaran was acting on a separatist and racist agenda and his conduct was a hindrance to national reconciliation.

Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva said today that he would not join the United National Party (UNP), even if he were disgruntled with the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP).

Former Economic Development Minister Basil Rajapaksa said today it was regrettable that various constructions done by the previous government for the benefit of the people were being demolished by the present government.

While urging the Government to launch an impartial investigation into the recovery of a suicide jacket and explosives in a house Vallakulam, Chavakachcheri Last night, the Joint Opposition today said that these kinds of incidents could cause a threat

Heavy traffic is reported from the Town Hall area because of a protest march organised by students of the Kelaniya University.

The discovery of a suicide kit and explosives in Vallakulam, Chavakachcheri wasn’t a threat for the national security, Defence Secretary Karunasena Hettiarachchi said today.

Additional Magistrate Chandana Kalansuriya today directed the Police to obtain the phone records of Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka on the day of the Rajagiriya accident -- based on the SIM cards registered in his name.  

The suspect, who had fled the Chavakachcheri house in which a suicide kit and explosives were found, had been arrested, the Police said today.

Former Ceylinco Chairman Lalith Kotelawala's wife Sicille was further remanded till April 6 by Colombo Chief Magistrate Gihan Pilapitiya today over the F&G case.

A group of 87 workers at the Kahatagaha Graphite Mine in Dodangaslanda is reportedly protesting in the mine demanding a bonus for the New Year.

A suicide kit, four claymore mines, three parcels of C4 explosives and ammunition were found in a house in Vallakulam, Chavakachcheri this morning, Police said.

Six more suspects, aged between 27 and 36, who were allegedly involved in the cruel killing of an eagle in Galle, were arrested by the Habaraduwa Police yesterday.

A group of 13 Sri Lankan Tamils housed in the Special Camp in Tiruchi, Tamil Nadu launched on an indefinite fast on Monday demanding their release.

The Government hopes to have legislation approved in Parliament next week providing for war affected people in the North to obtain ownership to their land which they had abandoned even if it was for more than ten years because of the conflict.

The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) yesterday called for explanations from the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) for announcing a schedule for power cuts without the approval of the PUCSL.

A new constitution will be enacted in 2017 when Sri Lanka completes 70 years since the setting up of the legislature, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said today

There had been a power outage lasting for more than half an hour this afternoon, during the North Western Province Medical Awards Ceremony (organised by the Ministry of Health and Indigenous Medicine of the North Western Province) while President Mai

A man, who fell down from the upper floor of a building is reported to have landed on a mammoty handle, which pierced his rectum and the abdomen.

Details have been revealed about the person seen holding a dead peacock on one hand and an air gun on the other which had gone viral on social media websites, the Wildlife Conservation Department Spokesperson Hasini Sarathchandra said.

Tourism, Lands and Christian Religious Affairs Minister John Amaratunga today assured that the walking path along the left embankment of Kalu Ela at Mabole, Wattala, that was removed several days ago, would be reconstructed soon.

Galle Chief Magistrate Nilupuli Lankapura yesterday granted permission to the Police to obtain TV video footage of a Southland Vidyalaya's former student who was assaulted while filming the protest by past students and parents yesterday at the Ga

The hijacking of a domestic Egyptian flight that was forced it to divert to Larnaca airport in Cyprus has ended with all hostages being released and the hijacker surrendering.

The joint opposition today called for the arrest of Tourism Development, Christian Religious Affairs and Lands Minister John Amaratunga saying he was responsible for the removal of the walking path at Mabola in Wattala.  

An EgyptAir flight which was diverted and forced to land in Cyprus was reportedly hijacked by a man who wanted to deliver a letter to a woman, who may or may not be his ex-wife.

Responding to questions about the retirement of Mahela Jayawardena and Kumar Sangakkara before the World T20 championship, Mahela tweeted that he and Sanga had retired giving enough time to build a new team.